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Matthew 22:8
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“Then he told his servants, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Then saith hee to his seruants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden, were not worthy.
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
"Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
"After that, the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready. I invited those people, but they were not worthy to come.
"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding [feast] is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
"Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
"Then he said to his slaves, ‘Well, the wedding feast is ready; but the ones who were invited didn't deserve it.
Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;
"After that the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready. I invited those people, but they were not good enough to come to my feast.
Then saide hee to his seruants, Truely the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, Now the marriage-feast is ready, and those who were invited were unworthy.
Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.
Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.
Then he said to his slaves, Indeed, the wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.
"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.Matthew 10:11,13; Acts 13:46;">[xr]
Then said he to his servants, The feast is prepared, and those who were invited were not worthy.
Then said he to his servants, The feast is prepared, but they who were invited were unworthy.
Then sayde he to his seruauntes, the mariage in dede is prepared: But they which were bidden, were not worthy.
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy.
Then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast is prepared, but they who were invited were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, "`The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it.
Thanne he seide to hise seruauntis, The weddyngis ben redi, but thei that weren clepid to the feeste, weren not worthi.
Then he says to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those that were bidden were not worthy.
Then he saith to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy.
Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, "The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
And he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, and the guests I invited aren't worthy of the honor.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding supper is ready. Those who were asked to come to the supper were not good enough.
Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
Then, saith he unto his servants - The marriage, indeed, is ready, - but, the invited, were not, worthy;
Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
Then sayde he to his servauutes: the weddinge was prepared. But they which were bydden were not worthy.
then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,
Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes: The mariage in dede is prepared, but the gestes were not worthy.
then he said to his servants, the feast is ready, but they who were invited were very unworthy.
"Then he told his servants, ‘We have a wedding banquet all prepared but no guests. The ones I invited weren't up to it. Go out into the busiest intersections in town and invite anyone you find to the banquet.' The servants went out on the streets and rounded up everyone they laid eyes on, good and bad, regardless. And so the banquet was on—every place filled.
"Then he said to his cowboys, 'The wedding BBQ is ready, but no cowboys wanted to come.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The wedding: Matthew 22:4
but: Matthew 10:11-13, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 10:38, Luke 20:35, Luke 21:36, Acts 13:46, 2 Thessalonians 1:5, Revelation 3:4, Revelation 22:14
Reciprocal: Luke 14:21 - being Luke 14:24 - General Ephesians 6:9 - knowing
Cross-References
I am the Lord ! There is nothing too difficult for me. I'll come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already have a son."
Abraham and Isaac went back to the servants who had come with him, and they returned to Abraham's home in Beersheba.
Abraham's brother Nahor had married Milcah, and Abraham was later told that they had eight sons. Uz was their first-born; Buz was next, and then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram; their other five sons were: Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel, who became the father of Rebekah.
Amaziah replied, "What am I supposed to do about all the silver I paid those troops?" "The Lord will give you back even more than you paid," the prophet answered.
Jesus looked straight at them and said, "There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything."
The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, "Here is the Lamb of God!"
Then I looked and saw a Lamb standing in the center of the throne that was surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb looked as if it had once been killed. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent out to all the earth.
and they were saying in a loud voice, "The Lamb who was killed is worthy to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise."
"Sir," I answered, "you must know." Then he told me: "These are the ones who have gone through the great suffering. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and have made them white.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then saith he to his servants,.... That were preserved from their rage and malice, and outlived their implacable enemies, and saw their utter ruin and destruction:
the wedding is ready; meaning not the marriage contract, which was secretly performed in eternity; or the calling of God's elect among the Jews, and their open espousal to Christ, which for the present was now over; but the marriage feast, or the Gospel dispensation, which was ushered in, and the ministry of it, to which nothing was wanting; all the promises, prophecies, types, and shadows, of the former dispensation, were now accomplished; the Lamb of God was slain, and all things to be done by him, were now finished; the ministers of the Gospel, the apostles, were called, their commission enlarged, and they qualified with a greater measure of the Spirit, and were sent to preach both to Jews and Gentiles:
but they which were bidden were not worthy; that is, the Jews, who had notice of this dispensation by the prophets, were told by John the Baptist, that it was at hand; were once, and again externally called unto it by the ministry of the apostles; but they were not only unworthy in themselves, as all men are, of such a blessing and privilege, but they behaved towards it in a very unworthy manner; they were so far from attending on it in a diligent and peaceable way, as becomes all such persons that are blessed with the external ministry of it; who when they do so, may be said to behave worthily, and, in some sense, to be worthy of such a privilege being continued with them; see Matthew 10:13 compared with Luke 10:6 that they contradicted and blasphemed it, and by their own outrageous carriage, showed plainly that they were unworthy of it; and were so judged by Christ and his apostles, who ordered them to turn from them, and go to the Gentiles, and which may be intended in the following words.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 22:8. Were not worthy. — Because they made light of it, and would not come; preferring earthly things to heavenly blessings. Among the Mohammedans, refusal to come to a marriage feast, when invited, is considered a breach of the law of God. HEDAYAH, vol. iv. p. 91. Any one that shall be invited to a dinner, and does not accept the invitation, disobeys God, and his messenger: and any one who comes uninvited, you may say is a thief, and returns a plunderer.-Mischat ul Mesabih. It was probably considered in this light among all the oriental nations. This observation is necessary, in order to point out more forcibly the iniquity of the refusal mentioned in the text. A man may be said to be worthy of, or fit for, this marriage feast, when, feeling his wretchedness and misery, he comes to God in the way appointed, to get an entrance into the holiest, by the blood of Jesus.
